- Nursing planning
- Overall Goals
- Modify eating patterns
- Participate in a regular physical activity program
- Achieve and maintain weight loss to a specified level
- Minimize or prevent health problems
- Overall Goals
- Nursing implementation
- Obesity is one of most challenging health problems
- Successful weight management can be both difficult and lifelong
- Treatment begins with patients understanding their weight history and deciding on a plan that is best for them
- An “ideal” BMI is not necessary and may not be realistic
- Modest weight loss of 3% to 5% can have clinical benefits
- Greater weight loss produces greater benefits
- Average weight loss programs result in a 10% reduction of body weight
- Explore motivation – it is key
- Supervised plan of care should be directed toward
- Successful weight loss
- Requires a short-term energy deficit
- Successful weight control
- Requires long-term behavior changes
- Successful weight loss
- Obesity is one of most challenging health problems
Healthy Eating and the Holidays
KEY POINTS ‘Tis the season for family, festivity, and food—lots of food. How do you manage diabetes during the holidays when food temptations are just
